On Fri, 14 May 2010, Steve Bennett wrote: > Can someone offer some tips on how to distinguish a quarry from a > construction site? They seem to look pretty similar from the air - > lots of dirt and vehicle tracks, sometimes piles of dirt. > > Eg: http://www.nearmap.com/?ll=-37.946025,145.093174&z=16&t=h&nmd=20100416 > > (Note, I'm looking for general tips, not a determination on that > single instance) > > Steve
curved vehicle tracks suggest quarry presence of straight lines which suggest buildings under construction area with large pooled water with copper-ish discolouration suggests quarry i'd check council minutes for the area and see if you can use a search engine to find what this land is used for Even if you get he street names off another map. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
